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F1 report: Welcome to the new normal
For the first time in F1’s history, it hosted two consecutive grands prix at the same circuit. The Austrian and Styrian grands prix were the opening salvos of F1’s dramatically…
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F1 report: Word on the beat
● The gearbox sensor issue that had both Mercedes on the verge of retirement throughout the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix was as a result of high spike loadings into the…
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Formula 1 in 2020: Bravely into the new world
So perhaps the strangest, most dystopian season in the sport’s history begins. But regardless of the surreal circumstances of the outside world in which F1 has to exist, its life…
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F1 2020: Runners and riders
Mercedes AMG Brackley, uk Last year 1 The undoubted benchmark of the sport at the moment. Can it make it a clean sweep of seven drivers and constructors titles? Lewis…
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Double time for the British GP
This year Silverstone will host a British Grand Prix like no other. For a start there will be no spectators in the grandstands as a result of the social distancing…
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What is F1’s future?
The coronavirus crisis has forced Formula 1 to take a long, hard look at itself and find the answers to some very searching questions – or at the very least…
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MPH: How Hamilton won unchallenged: 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix analysis
There were all sorts of distracting features to this race, mainly related to the wet track it started on. Max Verstappen’s crash on the formation lap and his mechanics’ heroic…
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2020 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix report: Crushing victory not enough for Hamilton
At 2.47pm at the Hungaroring, Max Verstappen’s Hungarian Grand Prix appeared to be over. And the formation lap was due to start at 3.10pm. Then, thirty seconds before the five-minute…
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2020 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying: Mercedes finally reveals its true pace
Almost a second ahead of the Racing Points on the second row, Lewis Hamilton starts on pole for the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix, as Mercedes shows its full pace for the first time this season
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F1 report: Welcome to the new normal
For the first time in F1’s history, it hosted two consecutive grands prix at the same circuit. The Austrian and Styrian grands prix were the opening salvos of F1’s dramatically…
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F1 report: Word on the beat
● The gearbox sensor issue that had both Mercedes on the verge of retirement throughout the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix was as a result of high spike loadings into the…
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Formula 1 in 2020: Bravely into the new world
So perhaps the strangest, most dystopian season in the sport’s history begins. But regardless of the surreal circumstances of the outside world in which F1 has to exist, its life…
Archive
F1 2020: Runners and riders
Mercedes AMG Brackley, uk Last year 1 The undoubted benchmark of the sport at the moment. Can it make it a clean sweep of seven drivers and constructors titles? Lewis…
Archive
Double time for the British GP
This year Silverstone will host a British Grand Prix like no other. For a start there will be no spectators in the grandstands as a result of the social distancing…
Archive
What is F1’s future?
The coronavirus crisis has forced Formula 1 to take a long, hard look at itself and find the answers to some very searching questions – or at the very least…
F1
MPH: How Hamilton won unchallenged: 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix analysis
There were all sorts of distracting features to this race, mainly related to the wet track it started on. Max Verstappen’s crash on the formation lap and his mechanics’ heroic…
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2020 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix report: Crushing victory not enough for Hamilton
At 2.47pm at the Hungaroring, Max Verstappen’s Hungarian Grand Prix appeared to be over. And the formation lap was due to start at 3.10pm. Then, thirty seconds before the five-minute…
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2020 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying: Mercedes finally reveals its true pace
Almost a second ahead of the Racing Points on the second row, Lewis Hamilton starts on pole for the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix, as Mercedes shows its full pace for the first time this season
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MPH: F1 2025’s competitive landscape after six races
Six races into the Formula 1 season, McLaren has taken an early lead as Max Verstappen has kept Red Bull competitive and Mercedes and Ferrari try to gain ground. Mark Hughes analyses the field’s form in the first quarter of 2025
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Miami showed Verstappen exploiting F1 rules to max – again
Max Verstappen preserved his lead at the start of the Miami GP by knowing the letter of the F1 law – probably costing Lando Norris the win
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The two key questions posed by McLaren’s Miami GP dominance
McLaren crushed the opposition in the Miami Grand Prix, with Piastri taking his third straight win in a race that looked like Norris’s to lose. Mark Hughes answers the main questions from the sixth round of the 2025 season
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Axe hangs over Perez as Marko jets in to discuss Red Bull replacement
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
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Matt Bishop: The comedy amid one of F1’s most traumatic weekends
The danger of Formula 1 in the 1980s was all too apparent during a tragic weekend at Zolder 44 years ago, writes Matt Bishop. But even that Belgian Grand Prix had its lighter moments
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F1 releases colourised footage of first race to celebrate 75th anniversary
Formula 1 has released footage of the first-ever grand prix, in colour as never before, to celebrate 75 years since the championship’s start
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Is Franco Colapinto an upgrade over Jack Doohan for Alpine?
Jack Doohan was replaced by Alpine after just seven races, for a man with nine grands prix under his belt. So will Franco Colapinto do better than the Australian?
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